let the computer do the work

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All of bash history forever and across multiple sessions

The last terminal to exit wins the "who's history is saved" game. Unless you pull a cute Linux stunt or three.

Shell history is of major use as a memory jogger, short cut finder, and how did I do that answerer. However, the bash linux shell has one annoying feature and that is as each shell exits it overwrites the .bash_history file with its history buffer contents. Meaning only one shell's session command history is saved.

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

This is just a random list of keyboard shortcuts for use with any version of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. Each keyboard shortcut is designed to increase user productivity by eliminating the need to reach for the mouse. This is done by executing a combination of keys on the keyboard instead of clicking to perform the same function.

GUI task changing: ALT + TAB will bring up a Window with a list of icons representing programs which are currently running on your computer. While holding the ALT key, press and depress the TAB button to cycle between each icon task.

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Technical Tidbits

Over the years I have run into hundreds of technical "oh that is cool" or "that is good to know" items. Of course months later I forget them but I remember that some little slight of hand is possible. Of course Google has helped a lot with this. Yet, many times the actual item I am looking for is gone, or worse, lost in a sea of info-crud(tm).

The pages are organized in no particular order (yet) and the title of the pages hopefully are detailed enough to make locating the magic trick needed easy to find.

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Shooting Fireworks by Hacking My Camera

Well 2 days of preparation and a lot of reading really paid off. The last few years I have not been very happy with my photographic results from events like the 4th of July shows. So this year I decided instead of being a rank amateur I would try and figure it out.

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A command line google search interface

This is pretty interesting. In that it works. I wonder if it will get blocked by some corporate firewalls as it is a means to bypass content filtering right now...

http://goosh.org/

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